Question

In 1765, Britain’s Parliament passed a tax on all colonial newspapers, pamphlets, and other papers. What was this act called? the Declaratory Act the Stamp Act the Sugar Act the Townshend Acts

Answer 1

Shortly thereafter, George Grenville (1712-70), the British first lord of the treasury and prime minister, proposed the Stamp Act; Parliament passed theact without debate in 1765. ... Instead of levying a duty on trade goods, theStamp Act imposed a direct tax on thecolonists.

Answer 2

Option B,  the Stamp Act, is the right answer.

The British Parliament on March 22, 1765, enacted the Stamp Act, that put direct taxes on newspaper, wills, permits and even on playing cards. Therefore, the colonists launched a unified objection upon the new Stamp Act, which taxed on everything that had anything to do with paper, a stamp was given in return to this.